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WEBB, Walter Frederick Swanton
| Service Number: | 120 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1914, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 10 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | University of Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Student |
| Died: | Natural causes, Glenelg, South Australia, 29 September 1963, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Holy Trinity Church WW1 Honour Board 2, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 120, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 5 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 120, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 120, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
| 31 Jul 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 120, 1st Australian General Hospital, Discharged in Adelaide to qualify as medical practitioner |
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NOTE: Actual name was Walter Frederick Swanton Webb, however, he enlisted under the name of Walter Webb.
The son of Rector Frederick Webb, the senior pastor at Holy Trinity Church Adelaide and Emma Webb he lived in Adelaide.
Walter Frederick Swanton Webb enlisted at Keswick, South Australia on 23 November 1914. As he was studying to be a doctor at the University of Adelaide at the time he was allocated to the 1st Australian General Hospital with the rank of private. He embarked for overseas service with the same unit at Melbourne on 5 December 1914 and arrived in Egypt in early 1915.
It would appear, however, that at this time Walter Webb had a change of heart and decided he wanted to return to Australia so he could finish and graduate from his degree at Adelaide University. Thus, he returned to Australia and was discharged in Adelaide on 31 July 1915.
Walter Frederick Swanton Webb also had a brother, John Newton Webb (/explore/people/232091) that was studying medicine at the University of Adelaide. He graduated in 1917, but it was not until 1920 that Walter finally graduated.
Dr John Newton Webb enlisted in the AIF and was appointed a Captain. John Webb was discharged in England in 1920 at his request so he could further his medical study.
Walter Webb, for most of his life, lived in West Croydon, Adelaide. He died in 1963.
Biography contributed by Annette Summers
WEBB Walter Frederick Swanton LRCP&S Edin
LRCP&S Glas
1888-1963
Walter Frederick Swanton Webb was born in Armidale, NSW, in 1888. He was the son of Reverend Frederick and Emma Jane Webb and was the brother of John Newton Webb. His family moved to South Australia for his father to take up a post at Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace Adelaide.
Webb enlisted in the AIF on 23rd November 1914 at Keswick, South Australia after passing his third year medical degree examinations. He was 5ft 7ins tall, weighed 128lbs of fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. His next of kin was given as Frederick Webb, his father, of Trinity Church, North Terrace Adelaide. He embarked from Melbourne on the Kyarra on 5th December 1914 as a Private to join 1 AGH in Egypt. He returned from Egypt and was discharged on 31st July1915, at his own request, to complete his medical degree. He was issued with the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He had completed 242 days service.
He was registered with the Medical Board of South Australia in 1920 with the qualifications of LRCP and S Edinburgh and LRCP and S Glasgow 1920. He married Winifred Myrtle Western, who was the 30 year old daughter of George Western and Caroline nee Shearing, on 4th August 1920 at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide. Walter Frederick Swanton Webb died on 29th September 1963 at Eastwood, South Australia.
Source
Blood, Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australia, who Served in World War 1.
Verco, Summers, Swain, Jelly. Open Books Howden, Adelaide 2014.
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